There is evidence that combining two therapies for certain problems can frequently be more effective than using either in isolation. Treatment for individuals suffering from severe anxiety or depression often will combine drug therapy, for example, with one of the fourteen approaches to therapy described in Chapters 9-12 and 14 (and listed below, under "A"). Or, individuals who have problems due to excessive stress may, for example, be advised to combine biofeedback, relaxation training, hypnosis, meditation, or exercise therapy with a form of psychotherapy. Usually, when therapies are combined, one is a formal psychotherapy and the other is an _adjunctive_ therapy--that is, a therapy that most often is not relied on exclusively. Some adjunctive therapies lend themselves very well to use by individuals on their own. Combined treatments tend, then, to employ one approach taken from list A and one from list B: _A (Main Therapies)_ Psychoanalysis Client-centered therapy Gestalt therapy Transactional analysis Rational-emotive therapy Existential-humanistic therapy {89} Logotherapy Reality therapy Adlerian therapy Direct decision therapy Behavior modification Cognitive approaches to behavior change Marriage and family therapy _B (Adjunctive Therapies)_ Drug therapy Meditation Hypnosis Relaxation training Biofeedback Therapeutic exercise _Approaches That May Appear Under Either A or B_ Bioenergetics Primal therapy Implosive therapy Counter-conditioning Group therapy {90} _A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN APPROACHES TO PSYCHOTHERAPY_ _Average_ _Therapy_ _Best Suited For:_ _Duration_[*] _Cost_[**] -------------------------------------------------------------- _Client's Personality (not_ _all traits may apply to a_ _Problems or Goals_ _single person)_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] 1 = Brief therapies, frequently 12 weekly sessions or less; 2 = 3-6 months; 3 = long-term therapies, 6 months to several years [**] = initially expensive, then $10-25/hr.; ++ = expensive $50-100+/hr.; + = moderate, $25-50/hr.; 0 = inexpensive, $10-25/hr.; # = often available on a sliding scale basis (see Chapter 4) through county clinics, agencies etc